The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-01

that will soon shed their rays over the field
| of literature, political economy and profes
sional careers, none impressed the audience
| at DeGiYe's Opera House Thursday even
! ing, as more full of hope than one of the
! Youngest, Master r. ID. Harrison, son of our
! fellow-titizen, Mr.. James z. Harrison. The
! quiet dignity and ease of manner, the full
| appreciation of his theme, "The New
! South" which gradually cnthused himself
and finally his audience, by the mag
netic influence of the young speaker over his
| carers, proclaimed him an orator of great
| promise.
! Three prisoners. Lot Myricl and Arnold
! Brown, charged with cow stealing, and
| Dave Curry, kidnapping his oyr child,
made their escape from Jail at Milledgeville
| Wednesday. Sheriff Ennis son gave them
their dinner, and went down stairs after
water for them leaving the keys in the door.
| The prisoners succeeded in getting the keys
| by running their hands through the trap
door through which they were fed. 1t is
also thought that they gained assistance
! from the negroe ianiUor Dave Curry would
| have been liberated in half an hour, but il
! he is caught now he will go through regu-
lar course OF prosecution, and pay for the
| pleasure of lodging officials for a short
while in the chain-gang.
Suwanee was thrown into the widest ex-
| appearance Of a mad dog, biting and snap
ping negro boy every step he made, and
before he could be extricated from his per-
! ilOus situation the dog had Invested him of
| most of his apparel. The boy altogether
presented a ludicrous aspect. He was sent
| to the Office of DR.. J. G. Harris, who made
! careful examination and discovered only a
| slight wound, and after applying the nee
| essary antidote, pronounced it not at all
| dangerous, and the boy returned home feel
| ing that he had narrowly escaped death.
| The dog next attacked a hog, and by this
| time the town had turned out fully armed
| and the rabid animal was done up in short
| order.
Several months ago a mad dog bit George
Kenmore and two of his cows in the Eff
tenth district of Sumter county. One Of
the COWS went mad and died soon after she
was bitten Last week the other cow was
seized with hydrophobia, and made things
lively out there for several days Every
thing that came in her way was attacked,
ant she would bite like dog as well as push
with her horns. Mr. CheS. Howell was
called in to shoot her Monday, but before he
got there the cow was chasing "A negro, she
fell in a fit and before she could get up the
negro split her head open with an AK. Mr..
Kenmore is very low spirited, fearing that
he may be attacked with rabies at any time,
and injure some of his family who keep
watch of him all the time.
There are several Scholarships and Judge
ships yet to be decided by Gov. Gordon
The most important, perhaps, are the
judgeShips of the county courts of Burke
and Terrell. Messrs r. W. Berrien and
Heman II. Perry are the applicants for the
Burke county judgeship, Judge Perry be
ing the present incumbent. The Terrell
county judgeShip came verv near being
decided some days ago by the Governor, but
on second thought he concluded to let the
matter remain until the amendments pro
posed TO the act establishing the county
court of Terrell were passed by the Legisla-
ture. This recommendation was made by
the grand jury of the county. There is a
contest over the Office of solicitor of the city
court of Athens, the applicants being Syl-
Vanus Morris, the present incumbent, and
George c. Thomas, lawyer of that city.
1t is likely that the Governor will make the
selection within few days.
w A. Jeter, representing the Brunswick
Light and Water Company before the City
Council of Griffin, stated his proposition to
the Council, which is substantially this: The
light and water company to erect a gas and
water plant costing $50, 600, the water
tower 10 be 100 feet high and located on a
high elevation. The company to furnish
the city with forty-hve plugs and eighty
Sbittb ilHAluN. III ItJulH itI ltiS. inc
city is to give the company 81, GOO
per year for the term of twenty-five years,
and for ten years to relieve the com
pany from the burden of taxation and
license. Or, if the city preferred, the com
pany would erect the plants for SS5 900, and
take in payment bonds of the city for thirty
years, payable at per cent. interest. If
the first proposition was accepted the city
was to be at no expense whatever in main
famine tha tira r11tors li.ltip,r .o4
and keeping them in order, the company
taking the full responsibility upon them
Selves The city charter will have to be
amended by legislative action before the
proposition is submitted to a vote of the
people.
Thursday, in the neighborhood of C. B.
Townsend'S turpentine still, about four miles
above Sylvania, Dan Nelson (colored) was
shot by Beaury Sapp. another darkoy. 1t
had been the custom for the negroes to con
gregate near the still ground and gamble,
and that ON tins occasion several of them
| had been thus engaged until Sunday morn
ing was breaking upon them. From all the
circumstances gathered, Dan Nelson scooped
the lucre and was making Off with it, and
| several others attempted to take the money
from him, but not being able To do so Sapp
called to his aid the little pistol. The ground
! for yards around showed signs of
a lively tussle before the
shooting, and when parties arrived on the
| ground they found Nelson lying there in an
| unconscious condition. Several pieces of
money were found in his pocket and one
dime was picked up near his head on the
ground, showing that he had been robbed
after the shooting. His hat was found sew
| eral yards frnm where he was lying within
the radius of the signs Of the struggle Mel
| son Sapp, Plenty Mills and Floyd Collins,
all colored, were arrested at n house near
the scene and lodged in Jail here charged
with being implicated in the affair. Beaury
Sapp, who is accused of doing the shooting
made his escape. Notwithstanding the fact
the bullet entered Nelson's head Just above
the right eye and passed entirely through
the brain, he was still alive up to last ac-
counts, with his brains oozing from the
wound.
FLORIDA.
July 6 Osceola will become a full-hedged
county.
One-pound tomatoes were in the market